QueenB Blog

Several years ago one of my sister's gave me an absolutely spectacular candleholder. Bought in London and weighing in at almost 15kg's (it's solid cast iron and at the time was packaged in it's own wooden box), she'd brought it back for me as hand luggage!! [Readmore]

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the total retail spend in December 2015 was $24.8 billion. Just try to conceptualise that for a moment. $24.8 billion! 1/10,000th of that would completely change things for Queen B... and by virtue thereof, bees and Australian beekeepers.
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Every so often we come across candle holders so beautiful that even though they mask seeing your beeswax candles in all their glory (!!), they bring something else to the table... in the case of these stunning holders, it's the light patterns that they cast. [Readmore]

We're vicariously finishing school here at Queen B... Sarah's daughter writes her last HSC exam today and I have to say I think we've all handled it magnificently!
In amongst the exam study, "we've" (I use the term loosely as my role is just to listen to Sar) been getting everything ready for the Year 12 formal (we're the organising committee :-) and we've got our Teacher's gifts sorted. So why this blog post if the gifts are already done? [Readmore]

For many years we had a Nepali candlemaker at Queen B and as we had lunch together every day I got to know a lot about Nepalese culture… with one Hindu and one Buddhist parent, I got to know a lot of those too and the various celebrations and festivals. [Readmore]

I’m often asked by customers who are also small business owners for advice on running a small business. With a big business background I guess I’ve brought a lot of those lessons and learnings with me into Queen B. Whether you’re running a small business, you’re running a big business or you’re a small cog in a big business, what I’ve learned is universally applicable. [Readmore]

It’s always important when you’re thinking of starting a business to think about whether the world actually needs what you’re thinking of creating! Just because you think you’ve found your life’s purpose doesn’t necessarily mean that the world needs it!
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I cannot think of many moments in life that aren’t enhanced by the light of a beeswax candle… be it bookkeeping (yes, that’s one of my favourite uses!), winding down at the end of the day, making a bath a real luxury, providing the ambience for a dinner party, spring cleaning (the ionising properties of beeswax candles will help make the job easier!), lighting up a wedding or event, helping with focus during meditation or yoga… the list is endless. [Readmore]